The number of medical residents providing care in the Austin, Texas, area has doubled since 2015, growing to 401 new students working in specialties including ophthalmology, gastroenterology and neurology.
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Kala Sloan, the vice president of two Raleigh, N.C.-based medical equipment companies, has pleaded guilty to falsifying physician orders to bill Medicare $50 million, according to a Justice Department report.
Thirty-seven percent of physicians reported having a side gig in 2022 according to the Physician Extra Income report from Medscape.
Young physicians overall made $293,000 in 2022, according to Medscape's "Young Physician Compensation Report 2022."
With 52 percent of economists warning of an impending recession in the next 12 months, there are four steps Americans can take to protect their personal wealth, according to a Sept. 23 report from CNBC.
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More than half of Americans (56 percent) believe that the U.S. economy is already in a recession, according to a new survey of 1,500 adults commissioned by life insurance company MassMutual.
From a new acquisition in Mississippi to a new ASC in Texas, here are eight orthopedic ASC updates Becker's has reported on in the last 30 days.
Oluwatobi Yerokun, MD, of Joplin, Mo., pleaded guilty to fraudulently ordering $8.7 million in products and tests for 2,184 Medicare and Medicaid patients he never met or examined, the Justice Department said Sept. 21.
Despite warnings from the American Medical Association to avoid personal relationships with patients, 29 percent of physicians reported developing friendships with patients in Medscape's 2022 Physician Friendships report.
Internal medicine is the most popular specialty among medical students, according to Medscape's "Medical Student Lifestyle Report 2022."